Editing Paul Muni (section)

== In popular culture ==
Referring to his childhood during the Great Depression, [[Hawkeye Pierce]] in the "Hawkeye" episode of the television series ''[[M*A*S*H*]]'' says: "You knew where you stood in those days. [[Franklin Roosevelt]] was always president, [[Joe Louis]] was always the champ, and Paul Muni played everybody."<ref>{{cite web| title= M*A*S*H (MASH) s04e18 Episode Script| url= http://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=mash&episode=s04e18| publisher= Springfield! Springfield!| access-date= June 18, 2018| archive-date= June 18, 2018| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180618175403/https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=mash&episode=s04e18| url-status= dead}}</ref>

Muni and [[George Raft]] appeared as characters in the fifth season of ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'', meeting with [[Al Capone]] to discuss the film ''Scarface''.<ref>{{cite web| title=Boardwalk Empire – Paul Muni and George Raft scene| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7y4zYQEjM4| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518161735/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7y4zYQEjM4| archive-date=2015-05-18 | url-status=dead| date=October 13, 2014| publisher=YouTube}}</ref>

Comedian and actor [[Paul Mooney (comedian)|Paul Mooney]] took his stage name, which was also his childhood nickname, from Muni.<ref>{{cite book|last=Mooney|first=Paul|title=Black is the New White|year=2009|publisher=Simon Spotlight Entertainment|isbn=978-1-4165-8795-8|page=47}}</ref>